Christine Zadra
Deputy County Attorney
Lewis and Clark County
Courthouse - 228 Broadway
Helena, MT 59601
Telephone: (406) 447-8221
Attorney for Department of
Public Health and Human Services
MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
In the Matter of
A.G.,
A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE.
Cause No.: BDN-2025-11
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS ON FATHER
TO: Trever Honeycutt
THE FATHER OF: A.G.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a petition requesting termination of parental rights and for permanent legal custody with right to consent to adoption or guardianship has been filed in the above-entitled Court by Christine Zadra, Deputy County Attorney, representing the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (Department) at 111 N Jackson Street, Helena, Montana, phone 406-444-2030.
NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on May 27, 2026, at 9:00 AM, at the Courtroom of Judge Michael McMahon, 228 Broadway, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why said youth should not be declared as a Youth in Need of Care, and why the Department should not be granted Termination of Parental Rights and for Permanent Legal Custody with Right to Consent to Adoption or Guardianship of the youth.
The youth was born on November 1, 2024, to Breanna Marie Pepperdine and Trever Honeycutt.
A Public Defender has not been appointed to represent you but will be assigned upon your request. They can be reached at the Public Defender's office at 139 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601, phone 406-444-0104.
Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in the above-named youth, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the petition.
A copy of the petition is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Lewis and Clark County, 228 Broadway, Room 104, Helena, MT 59601, phone 406-447-8216.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court on this 15th day of April 2026.
LISA KALLIO, Clerk of District Court
(SEAL)
By: /s/ Stephanie Cable
Deputy Clerk
IPL0332300
Apr 24,May 1,8 2026